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So long, Greg

GREG STEENE, who died last week aged 67, will be remembered for taking Dennis Andries from the scrapheap to the WBC light-heavyweight championship.

Steene, who remained a manager and matchmaker until his death, bumped into Andries in 1982 and found him “despondent” and on the brink of retiring.

Andries had been offered £2,000 – the annual wage at the time was £6,000 – by a promoter

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